diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 78a556497a6c0..a380f5c80763f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ LABEL maintainer="maintainers@gitea.io"
 
 EXPOSE 22 3000
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=2m --timeout=10s --start-period=2m --retries=3 \
+  CMD curl -f http://localhost:3000/api/healthz || exit 1
+
 RUN apk --no-cache add \
     bash \
     ca-certificates \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rootless b/Dockerfile.rootless
index e83c1af33b90d..59a5529b61819 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rootless
+++ b/Dockerfile.rootless
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ LABEL maintainer="maintainers@gitea.io"
 
 EXPOSE 2222 3000
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=2m --timeout=10s --start-period=2m --retries=3 \
+  CMD curl -f http://localhost:3000/api/healthz || exit 1
+
 RUN apk --no-cache add \
     bash \
     ca-certificates \